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just got back from vacation and the only new thing I have is this cell phone pick:

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Josef. I have no agenda. Please substitute your words for mine. Thanks for the link.

I seem to vaguely recall reading somewhere that the Iwo Jima photo was also staged.

 

In my recollection it was taken once and then again reenacted and retaken.

I'm not sure it makes a difference, unless I missed the latest fad of teenagers shooting with fisheye lenses.

Thanks for help. I couldn't copy and paste. So my question still stands. How does it relate to young?

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<i> Frederick, I think young! 15 is fun to play with...</i>

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Al, what do you mean by that?

It interesting that HCB ditched the 50mm in favor of 35mm when he photographed USA. It sort of frustrated him at the beginning with 50mm. He wasn't getting the framing he wanted.

so true Jeff. I have strong roots in backcountry but the excitement for my past nature photos seems to be vaning. I will try to produce something better this time around. I'm leaving tomorrow morning for another trip. 10 days of hiking and photography. I have some ideas but it's not easy to execute them when you're totally exhausted after an all day of climbing. ... anyway ... we'll see...

 

Good thread to post John. I'll check everyone's links out.

I think it's better to think what you want to photograph and how do you want it to look to portray your vision. Over the course of time you will learn lenses and use them accordingly. I think it's highly personal. I seem to do most shooting with 50mm and 24mm. Through the time I realized I don't like to go any wider and seldom need to go tele.

I sort of watched the whole thing.

 

My observations:

 

The energy/age/mentaloutlook of the two people were too contrasty. Bresson, at the tail end of his life, slower, contempt, wiser.

 

Rose in his career, uncomfortable for having to shout, trying to coin a phrase for the average viewer.

 

Language barrier. Rose wants Bresson to define philosophical points when Bresson has marginal use of English and clearly can not express him self the way he would in French.

 

 

Rose not getting Bresson's answers.

Paraphrasing from memory:

Bresson: "I'm an anarchist"

Rose: ?

Bresson "non violent"

Rose: "in what way"?

-- Bresson trying to say he is an anarchist but not one that Rose would want to coin - an anarchist who is violent and opposes any government to the means of using violence to take down any authority. When he says non violent that pretty much answers it all for me but Rose is clearly not getting it or wants to catch Bresson blurping something stupid. (for exploitation later perhaps)

 

Rose: what would you like to have on your obituary?

What a stupid question! Bresson is clearly living in the moment and is happy to be alive.

 

Commenting on one photo that Bresson taken during his overseas travels. Bresson: "I had the most important thing in my pocket"

Rose: "Money!" Rose clearly exposing himself. What and ass. I'm surprised they left it in the interview.

Bresson: "no, film" Obviously. Bresson was wealthy. Money was no concern. Not of importance. Bresson just saying he was lucky to be there, have a camera and rolls of film to shoot.

 

I liked the nice pieces of info Bresson remembered about the moments of taking his photographs. I also loved his phrase: "lucidity doesn't come with words." Clearly explaining the frame of mind that a photographer has when he is 'in the zen of taking a photo'. Rose doesn't get it so he keeps insisting Bresson explains the whole thing.

Rose: "but how does it affect your work"?

Again, even Bresson's language barrier could not combat this stupid question. Anyone defining the answer would be handing out cliche's.

 

 

Anyway. I love Bresson but at the same time I am also of an opinion that it's time to move on and focus on other photographers as well.

and smoking cigarettes works to ward off mosquitoes.

thank you.

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Hey Matt. That's fun.

Thank You very much

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I like #1 Normal the best.

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I'm looking forward to check it out on a computer monitor. Yours truly - presently mobile ;-)

Karim. Your post is a 'broad brush'. Without specific examples it becomes a blabber and food for blabber.

 

'Take off the wide angle and put on a macro lens' (figuratively speaking) and show us one example supporting your idea. We can take it from there and contribute.

I've got only one that's in English and it's all devoted to hiking.

http://windriverrange.blogspot.com/2006_07_01_windriverrange_archive.html

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